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What do you get when you combine a chemical specialist with a textile producer, a sportswear manufacturer and a bunch of plastic bottles? A new line of yarn that boasts a small environmental footprint and high performance for sports apparel.
Several Swiss companies partnered with Italian fabric maker Pontetorto and Korean outerwear manufacturer Youngone to introduce the new r-Starlight yarn at the International sports Trade Show (ISPO) in Munich, Germany.
The eco-sustainable yarn starts with post-consumer recycled PET bottles, which are then sorted, washed and shredded into chips. The chips are then de-polymerized and polymerized again into granular form. The polymer granules obtained are then used for the production of fibers or as the raw material for the spinning process.
The three Swiss companies involved include Noyfil, a subsidiary of Radici Group that produced the yarn; HeiQ Materials, a chemical company specializing in the development of high-performance textile finishes; and Swiss sportswear manufacturer R’adys.
The partners say they intend to launch a new branded line of sportswear employing the r-Starlight product line, which includes a variety of counts, cross-section shapes, lusters and colors.
Bart King is a PR consultant and principal at Cleantech Communications.
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